why crankup..Re: [TowerTalk] Looking for some tower advice

[Larry Stowell]

You have to take it one more step and have it fold over. Just did my
installation of a 4el SteppIR and my feet never left the ground. Oh yes its
an aluminum 75ft.

Larry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Subich, K4IK" <k4ik at subich.com>
To: "'Jim Lux'" <jimlux at earthlink.net>; <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 9:19 PM
Subject: RE: why crankup..Re: [TowerTalk] Looking for some tower advice


>
>
> >
> > Steve's comment about buying one so that you can work on it,
> > though, is appropriate. It makes little difference whether
> > you climb 10 feet or 70 from a safety standpoint.
>
> There seem to be a couple of advantages to a crank-up here in
> hurricane country ... it seems like most of the antennas on
> crank-ups survived the recent triple threat (they were down
> at 20' or so) while many of the fixed systems failed.
>
> Secondly, by bringing the antennas down to 20' or so, it is
> possible to work on them without climbing at all by using a
> 20 to 25' scissor (man) lift.
>
> Admittedly, they are not for everybody but I'm considering
> them seriously post-hurricane.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, K4IK
>
>
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